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Fired and Freed Again by Jack Daley
Fired and Freed Again is a fictional account of an actual experience and the final chapter of Moments of Awakening..
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First Kiss by Maud Muller
Would appreciate any suggestions as to magazines that would be interested in publishing a story such as this. ..
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First Sermon by Peter Cooper
Raised by his religious single mother, he must prepare to deliver his first sermon, even if it means giving up a chance at first love...
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First Thing in the Morning by Peggy Duffy
Mere children, we say when we look back on it now. We were mere children when we first met. High school sweethearts, we'd admit to new acquaintances, a look of surprise crossing their faces, a hint of shy self- consciousness creeping into our voices.
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Five Boxes and a Knife by Ian Irvine (Hobson)
This short story has Poe-like horror elements - even 'speculative fiction' elements. It explores the sometimes strange, obsessive relationship authors sometimes have with their characters. I wrote the piece after spending a number of years studying French 19th century literature and undoubtedly th..
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Five Lives in the Water by B. B. Riefner
Death keeps brushing against Street Norris' legs in the water at an Atlantic beach resort. ..
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Flash by Stan Law (aka Stanislaw Kapuscinski)
From a collection of Short Stories by the author of The Avatar Syndrome...
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Flash Fiction: Crystal by Erin Kelly-Moen
Learning life-lessons never stops.....
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Flash Fiction: I Miss... by Erin Kelly-Moen
"What do you miss?"
It was a simple question, asked on a forum board, yet, it brought tears to my eyes...
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Flashing by Phyllis Jean Green
/////\/We know who we are.
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Fleeting Moments by Mary Martin
Fleeting Moments is a thirty-five page short story which I will publish here in three parts over the next ten days or so. This new protagonist, Alexander Wainwright [unlike Harry Jenkins] appeared out of nowhere almost fully formed...
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Flight 108 by Eddie Cruz
A man finds out that his wife has been dead for a few years...
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Flights by Dibakar Barua
Two brothers reunite after a death in the family and trace the trajectories their lives have taken...
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Florida Sweets by John deGroot
The tractor is at the far end of the first strike, Pop is pulling the plough this fall, this fall-ploughing saves ploughing in the spring thereby saving spring moisture and this allows for earlier seeding ........
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For Haunted Eons by Randall Barfield
...but the pounding waves of the sea on that sandy shore there were witnesses to one of the most unpleasant, blood-curling screams.....
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For the Cafeteria Lady by Greg Razran
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forbidden beatitude -the book of maybes, intro. by Claudio Ianora
part 1, chapter 1..
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Forever the Corners by Odin odin@aflx.com
There’s much to be said for the metaphoric nature of a boxing ring. Every day there is one match or another in the marble halls of Congress. Such goings-on made me ponder just how long anyone or anything can last before they take the fall.
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Fortune and Men's Eyes by Byron Edgington
In the tradition of O'Henry, and other great short story authors...
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Foundling Pearl by Ronald Hull
The part about the house is an adaptation of a true episode on HGTV. The part about the Pearl is fiction, but true as far as large pearls are concerned. Non-spherical pearls get much larger and are actually worth more. The largest pearl in the world is a misshapen 32 kg clam-shaped lump found in the..
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Foxann by Bonnie Torrente
A story of a young fox and the curosity, leading her into a strange and frightening new world...
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Fran and Chloe by Peggy Duffy
Fran and her daughter Chloe have been arguing the entire way from the house to the mall. Not great, Fran thinks, considering Chloe is doing the driving. Which is one of the things they’ve been arguing about. ..
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Frankie's Lucky Day by CJ Heck
Sometimes, miracles really DO happen ...
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Freeing Twirly Things by Odin odin@aflx.com
Some flash fiction memories of our youth when so many unexpected moments of discovery and the “wow factor” are seemingly forever present. Then we grew up and…
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Friday the thirteenth. by Peter Oszmann
The story is very loosely based on purportedly real life events, when twin brothers were killed in unrelated incidents on the same day...
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From the short story: The Boy In The Leaves by J.D. Holiday by JD Holiday
From the short story: The Boy In The Leaves by J.D. Holiday, from Short Stories and Other Imaginings for The Reading Spot..
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Frustration by Wa Conner
In this short story I was experimenting with brevity as a technique. This story is fewer than 200 words...
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Further Adventures of Sam: Unpublished Chapter by susan larson
Sam and Ruthie participate in a stampede..
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Gentle by Lisa Adams
Emma..
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Getting it on with Ruby Lee by David Arthur Walters
What happened one snowy night......
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Gifts From Greeks by John Lindermuth
A man must choose between love and loyalty...
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Gigantic Joe by Ronald Hull
Another dream that I don't know where it came from or why. Just had to write the story down...
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Glitter Tree Circles by Odin odin@aflx.com
Sometimes, yesterday’s prosetry struggle becomes even more of a question. This is dedicated to all who have pondered what it’s all about. Do we all create a Glitter Tree of a circuitous nowhere? Perhaps it's inevitable, given the aspirations we are conditioned to work for. But then there’s Peggy..
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Go-To Dependable Pill by Odin odin@aflx.com
With so many insomniacs who’ve not found the secret to sleep, keep looking for your option..
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Goddess Nadine by j.d. daniels
Spiritual awakening excerpt from Sonny..
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Going To See Eudora by Randall Barfield
This story is interactive. If you choose to review, please select ending A or B as your favorite. Thanks...
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Good Old Uncle Morrie by Mark Lichterman
“Sorry, Mom. Marcie’s on the..."
The phone hanging on the wall directly opposite the bathroom door, “Jesus!” Marsha yelled, trying to suppress laughter. “You going to tell the whole world I’m on the toilet?”
“It ain’t ‘the whole world’, it’s your mother... Mom, she’s, uh,” smiling, “on..
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Good Rockin' Tonight by Robert Pielke
A white guy band is stranded on the back roads of the south in the 1950's. A black guy band stops to help.
They're both headed in the same direction, in more ways than one...
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GPS Watchdog by Odin odin@aflx.com
Some flash fiction exploring but one kind of understanding. It often takes real effort to understand those closest to you...
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Grace in Aging (A Two-part microprosetry story) by Odin odin@aflx.com
Sometimes one has to wonder why so many step out of their own shadow only in the end, often missing the reward such a move affords, (Image by Odin AI)..
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Gratitude by Odin odin@aflx.com
Why do so many people become ill with anxiety and wants that are not necessary for happiness if one has not lost the gift of gratitude with what one has?
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Graverobbing 101 by Marlin Bressi
An excerpt from the novel "The Making of a Rock Star" by Marlin Bressi...
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Green Tea by Jack Lowe
A couple, consisting of a Modern Woman and an Old-Fashioned Guy, 'exchange viewpoints' on the value of fame. Then, it gets interesting. ..
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Growing Old by Gil Garcia
My definition of growing old...
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Guillermina by Roxana Reyes Davis
A little girl is used by her parents to become their best source of income. As time passes by the girl departs from her parents wishes, but will she be able to free herself from her family?..
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Habiba by Muhammad Al Mahdi
Short Story..
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Had To by Bill Pieper
Shauna was in rehab and had to get out, which could only happen if she came to terms with everything she'd been hiding from, everything that put her there in the first place. (Artwork credit: Gene Avery) ..
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Hand-Me-Down Death Shop by Odin odin@aflx.com
Everyone has a dream or fantasy or flash fiction imagination of that final moment’s image. For others of us, that moment remains pre-mature...
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Hands That Will Not Work Together by Susannah Carlson
The end of the line..
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Handsomest in films ever by Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
We shall watch if deeds filmed can be called episodes...
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